Ask the students to look at the three pictures and guess when these inventions were made
PRE-READING Picture 1: The first electric railway was built by the German Werner von Siemens in 1879
Picture2: The electric light bulb was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison in the United States
Picture 3: in 1769 James Watt built a steam-powered boat
when was electricity discovered
in 1600 by Gilbert
Do you know the scientist and the application of electricity :yearscientistinvention scientistinvention1844 – Morse: the radio 1876 – Bell: the electric battery1821 – Faraday: the electric motor1752 - Franklin: the telegraph1904 – Tesla: the television 1928 – Farnsworth: the lightening rod1800 – Volta: the telephoneyear Layers beneath the earth’s surface READINGJULES VERNE: THE FATHER OF SCIENCE FIC